1. Water Soluble Vitamins
Vitamin C
Vitamin B
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2. Vitamin B group Name Sources Functions Deficiencies B Group Meat, fish
Eggs, milk
Cereals, flour
Yeast
Nuts
Pulse veg
Release of energy from food.
Healthy nervous system.
Retarded growth
Tiredness
Beriberi
Pellagra
Folic Acid
Wholemeal bread
Breakfast cereals
Normal development of foetus during pregnancy
Neural tube defects e.g. Spina Bifida

3. Beriberi and Pellagra Beriberi = a nerve disease
Pellagra = dermatitis, dementia, diarrhoea

4. Vitamin C Name Sources Functions Deficiency Vitamin C Ascorbic acid
Fruit: blackcurrants, oranges, lemons, limes, strawberries
Vegetables:
Cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, lettuce
General good health
Healthy Gums
Healing wounds
Scurvy
Delayed healing